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barack obama does. >> and just on the math. if you close, if you put a cap on deductions of 50,000 a year per individual. over ten years the estimate is you get almost 800 billion in tax revenue, which is-- >> right, which is center left operation, but, that's, and that's roughly the same as you get from raising the tax rates the president-- >> looks you've outlined on the editorial base several possible compromises, the truth is that there are compromises that could be made, but i don't think that the president is interested in those, the actual economic things. this is a political fight that he wants, that he's pushing and he has a lot of cards. >> kim, so you think we're going over the cliff or not right now? what are the odds. >> look, i think the president is playing a slightly dangerous game in that, if his argument or his bet here is that the republicans are going to be more responsible than him, he better hope they are, because otherwise, he could end up getting some blame for pushing us over the cliff. >> yeah, that's
barack obama does. >> and just on the math. if you close, if you put a cap on deductions of 50,000 a year per individual. over ten years the estimate is you get almost 800 billion in tax revenue, which is-- >> right, which is center left operation, but, that's, and that's roughly the same as you get from raising the tax rates the president-- >> looks you've outlined on the editorial base several possible compromises, the truth is that there are compromises that could be made,...
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boehner has been speaking about revenues and obama has implying he could drop the rates issue to make it revenues, not sure if he means it. the beginning of something. every side understands if you go over the cliff, eleven be tarnished really severely. republican and democrat. >> bret: that is it for this round. but stay tuned for time thoughts from the panel about the election. in america tay we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold sympto
boehner has been speaking about revenues and obama has implying he could drop the rates issue to make it revenues, not sure if he means it. the beginning of something. every side understands if you go over the cliff, eleven be tarnished really severely. republican and democrat. >> bret: that is it for this round. but stay tuned for time thoughts from the panel about the election. in america tay we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are...
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. >> we're going to have to see the rates on the top two percent go up. we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. >> reporter: in his first interview since the election, president obama rejected a proposal from house speaker john boehner. he spoke on bloomberg television. >> unfortunately the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. i'm happy to entertain other ideas that the republicans may present. but we are not going to simply cut our way to prosperity or to cut our way out of this deficit problem that we have. we're going to need more revenues. in order to do that, that starts with higher rates for the folks at the top. >> reporter: the president did say today he would consider lowering rates again for the top two percent next year as part of a broader tax overhaul. the house republican plan envisions $2.2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade. $800 billion would come from new revenues but with no hike in tax rates for top earners. instead the plan relies on $1.2 trillion in reduced spending including $600 billio
. >> we're going to have to see the rates on the top two percent go up. we're not going to be able to get a deal without it. >> reporter: in his first interview since the election, president obama rejected a proposal from house speaker john boehner. he spoke on bloomberg television. >> unfortunately the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. i'm happy to entertain other ideas that the republicans may present. but we are not going to simply cut our way to...
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from 20 to 24% with obama care. the dividend of tax rate goes up. lord knows it could go from 15 to 40. and it may go then another 4% from obama care. between don't know that. those raise the cost of capital and lower the after-tax investment return. all right. i want to be realistic here. rest of the stuff may be extended. how's your scenario affected if cap gains and dividends go up? >> well, earnings expectations could pull back a little bit. remember, the stock market is moved by institutions. as much as we want to think it is individuals, it isn't. 94% of all the volume on the stock exchange are from institutional investors that don't care too much about the individual taxes. they care about earnings. >> i think it is a macro economic effect. it doesn't matter. you raised the cost of capital and lower the investment return for all of the capital in this country and that's going to have an effect. pension funds notwithstanding. i got a champ evening you on that. >> even though i think the cliff will turn out to be a bogus issue. >> i believe tha
from 20 to 24% with obama care. the dividend of tax rate goes up. lord knows it could go from 15 to 40. and it may go then another 4% from obama care. between don't know that. those raise the cost of capital and lower the after-tax investment return. all right. i want to be realistic here. rest of the stuff may be extended. how's your scenario affected if cap gains and dividends go up? >> well, earnings expectations could pull back a little bit. remember, the stock market is moved by...
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revenues, but not tax rates. and that leaves ample middle ground that could satisfy both, putting a cap on the amount of deductions any one person could claim, such as $50,000. >> that means the maximum number of deductions you can take is $50,000, you can take it for anything you want, but you can't take more than 50,000. >> the tax policy in washington found that would raise 750 billion dollars in revenue over ten years, accomplishing mr. obama's goal of getting more money from the wealthy. >> nearly all of it would come from high income people. remember that about 70% of people don't itemize at all. >> so, mitt romney once proposed the same idea during the campaign and the recent news conference and mr. obama talked as if the only way he knew to tackle deductions was trimming them one by one. >> raise revenue through dynamic scoring or closing loopholes that have not been identified. >> a cap on deductions though has the benefit of avoiding arguments over specific deductions by just limiting the total. so, it
revenues, but not tax rates. and that leaves ample middle ground that could satisfy both, putting a cap on the amount of deductions any one person could claim, such as $50,000. >> that means the maximum number of deductions you can take is $50,000, you can take it for anything you want, but you can't take more than 50,000. >> the tax policy in washington found that would raise 750 billion dollars in revenue over ten years, accomplishing mr. obama's goal of getting more money from...
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>> stephanie: 53% approval rating up from 49% in september on the specific issue of the economy, obama's approval rating is up seven points from september. [ applause ] >> stephanie: so that's why we will tell you how deeply ridiculous the boner's offer was. the president said 1.4 trillion instead of 1.6 trillion in revenue, and boner said all right! my offer is the same as before. >> my offer is -- you shut up and do what i say! give me another bourbon! >> he has no power. i don't know why he thinks he can wield something he doesn't have. >> stephanie: thank you. you have no power here! we are so loopy, and making hannity last night was just the icing on the cake. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: i want to love him and hug him. >> mmmmmmm. >> stephanie: okay. i'm sorry if i hurt you shawn. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> hateful, hateful parity songs! >> usually you are the one who makes it uncomfortable for your meetings at these radio conventions. >> awkward. you know what i'm going to do? >> what? >> stephanie: share some soda stream with him and make everything better. made fresh
>> stephanie: 53% approval rating up from 49% in september on the specific issue of the economy, obama's approval rating is up seven points from september. [ applause ] >> stephanie: so that's why we will tell you how deeply ridiculous the boner's offer was. the president said 1.4 trillion instead of 1.6 trillion in revenue, and boner said all right! my offer is the same as before. >> my offer is -- you shut up and do what i say! give me another bourbon! >> he has no...
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when president obama took office it was 9.7%. so if you want to know what president obama will do for you in the next four years as he talks to each group, i am wondering what people don't look at the facts in the past four years. >> is a big one, president obama and governor romney face-to-face for the last time before america votes. doug schoen, ed rollins, their last-minute counsel. in the polls show a tight race going into the final two weeks. the gallup poll shows governor romney with a big lead over the president. is gallup on the mark? gallup editor in chief with the answers. is he something more than a fundraiser, something more than an international businessman? is he truly an agent of influence for the chinese government? on the company phone list that. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and geba to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around
when president obama took office it was 9.7%. so if you want to know what president obama will do for you in the next four years as he talks to each group, i am wondering what people don't look at the facts in the past four years. >> is a big one, president obama and governor romney face-to-face for the last time before america votes. doug schoen, ed rollins, their last-minute counsel. in the polls show a tight race going into the final two weeks. the gallup poll shows governor romney...
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i think that is to hold the line on rates. it makes no sense at all to raise rates which will retard economic growth when you can eliminate deductions which are unfair and in efficient. >> bret: okay, you have got a lot of ink for something you said on "fox news sunday" yesterday. we had to go back to the it archives just to pull up something else. and we wanted to play both things back to back. >> the administration is going to raise taxes on those who pay the majority of taxes in this country. on the wealthy and on those who have dividends and interest income. dividends and capital gains income. that is one of the stupidest things you can do in the middle of a deep depression where everyone is pulling back and no one wants to invest. let's have a serious debate. don't scream and yell where one person says you know what it won't kill the country. it really won't. i don't understand why republicans don't take obama's offer to freeze taxes for everyone below 250,000. >> bret: all right. there you have it. so. >> two separate po
i think that is to hold the line on rates. it makes no sense at all to raise rates which will retard economic growth when you can eliminate deductions which are unfair and in efficient. >> bret: okay, you have got a lot of ink for something you said on "fox news sunday" yesterday. we had to go back to the it archives just to pull up something else. and we wanted to play both things back to back. >> the administration is going to raise taxes on those who pay the majority of...
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president obama wants any deficit reduction plan to include tax increases on the wealthy. republican leaders are saying they will not accept those higher tax rates. >>> one week after he resigned as cia director divide petraeus is testifying in a closed door intelligence hearing on capitol hill about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. emily is in washington with a report on the hearings. good morning, emily. >> reporter: hi pam. david petraeus' testimony before the house intelligence committee began early. in fact just two hours ago it wrapped up after an hour and a half despite all of the pictures people wanted to get of him going into the closed door hearing. he went in out of the cameras view. once he got into that hearing room no way to escape really being put on the spot. no way to avoid scrutiny. the house and senate intelligence committee wants to know what petraeus has learned about the september attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. there were cop flicking reasons given for the attack immediately following it. was it violence? or was it the work of ter
president obama wants any deficit reduction plan to include tax increases on the wealthy. republican leaders are saying they will not accept those higher tax rates. >>> one week after he resigned as cia director divide petraeus is testifying in a closed door intelligence hearing on capitol hill about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. emily is in washington with a report on the hearings. good morning, emily. >> reporter: hi pam. david petraeus' testimony before the...
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what happened was obama's approval rating came down fast in 2009. republicans had a great midterm in 2010, and so they could convince themselves for the last two years, the economy is not in great shape. we have already had these successes, we're going to win this election. all these polls are wrong and we're going to win. they never really had to confront it until now. the second thing is you look at this whole question of the closed information loop on the republican side. here is a rare example where really there's no avoidance of confronting reality here because it's something empirical. everybody on the right saying the polls are wrong, romney is going to win this election, well, that's something you can't -- we now have evidence, he clearly didn't win, the polls clearly weren't wrong. you have to confront it at a certain point. other issues like global warming and stuff countdoesn't come fac face it. >> it's hard to see the republicans blaming their biggest defeat on their biggest cheerleader. here is david frum. >> conservative followership h
what happened was obama's approval rating came down fast in 2009. republicans had a great midterm in 2010, and so they could convince themselves for the last two years, the economy is not in great shape. we have already had these successes, we're going to win this election. all these polls are wrong and we're going to win. they never really had to confront it until now. the second thing is you look at this whole question of the closed information loop on the republican side. here is a rare...
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the original obama plan to tax -- raise the tax rates on all americans making $250,000 or more a year, that's gone. now the hang-up is which americans would it be? those making a million dollars or more a year or a far larger group making $400,000? >> what do between want? >> reporter: protesters came to the capitol demanding republicans agree the tax hikes on the top 2% of americans. the original obama plan that he campaigned on. but speaker john boehner is pushing a new compromise to these calling plan b. taxes on the wealthiest 1% would go back to the clinton era rate of almost 40% on mcover -- over million. >> our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> reporter: but president obama says not good enough. his new proposal is to hike taxes on earnings over $400,000 and cut spending an additional $1.2 trillion. the white house says boehner ought to buy that. >> it seems like folly to walk away from that opportunity because you don't want to ask somebody making $995,000 a year to pay a dime more in inc
the original obama plan to tax -- raise the tax rates on all americans making $250,000 or more a year, that's gone. now the hang-up is which americans would it be? those making a million dollars or more a year or a far larger group making $400,000? >> what do between want? >> reporter: protesters came to the capitol demanding republicans agree the tax hikes on the top 2% of americans. the original obama plan that he campaigned on. but speaker john boehner is pushing a new compromise...
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we now need the private sector.a the 39.6 tax rate, you are not adding into 3.8% obama tax increases. that hit small businesses that are subchapter as corporations and the larger corporations, the corporate tax rate, that makes them feel very good.t the businesses that will be helr are the very small and midsize businesses. lou: the ones that went there today. >> those that are getting hit with the energy increases in labor cost increases b-1 if i td would've i told you that i think? fewer still want to be loved with all the deficit. lou: it's going to have to mean cutting the federal budget.the x >> even if we increase the taxr, rates, as you noted, the top 1%y in this country, 17% of the 37 income is what they make. they pay 7% 37% of the taxes.oug lou: give us your last thought here.ith the >> mr. president, please, please we work with the businessyou' putti community. we want you to succeed. but you are puttingy animpedims in a way to make it impossible. we want you to succeed. work with us. >> i don't expect the republicans to love our budget. compromise is hard. we are going to
we now need the private sector.a the 39.6 tax rate, you are not adding into 3.8% obama tax increases. that hit small businesses that are subchapter as corporations and the larger corporations, the corporate tax rate, that makes them feel very good.t the businesses that will be helr are the very small and midsize businesses. lou: the ones that went there today. >> those that are getting hit with the energy increases in labor cost increases b-1 if i td would've i told you that i think?...
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i think that it's not on obama. it's on republicans in congress to make concessions to get to a compromise on this deal. >> all right. well, we'll wait to see what happens. >> yes, we will. >> wait for that white puff of spoke to come out of the capitol building at some point. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. the market has turned negative. >> this may end up being the biggest video game of all time, maria tells me. activision's "call of duty: black ops 2" is set to blow up the competition. is it the best play in the video game stock? we'll talk about that. >>> and what was behind the latest glitch in the stock market on monday? and how about the fiscal cliff? ceo duncan niederauer among the ceos in the fix the debt commission. he's later on the "closing bell." stay with us. i was downstairs making coffee, and we heard it. it just came crashing through the roof, out of nowhere. what is it? it's our ira. any idea what coulda caused this? maybe. i just sorta threw a little money here, a little money there. and i l
i think that it's not on obama. it's on republicans in congress to make concessions to get to a compromise on this deal. >> all right. well, we'll wait to see what happens. >> yes, we will. >> wait for that white puff of spoke to come out of the capitol building at some point. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. the market has turned negative. >> this may end up being the biggest video game of all time, maria tells me. activision's "call of duty: black ops...
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. >> he has a huge approval rating. >> second act if not third act in american life. bill clinton proves it. mad a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clint eastwood wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- artwarmi stoes aut te humaty of the republican challenger, and also a bio which was not shown. that was terrible. >> the reason why clinton's speech worked was because people know it was bill clinton giving that speech. so many speeches are written by someone else, and they read that way, and the public is sick of it. >> finally, predictions for the year ahead in the supreme court. >> the supreme court -- it will be a gonzoear involving the supreme court possibly striking down the voting rights act, the obstruction of gay
. >> he has a huge approval rating. >> second act if not third act in american life. bill clinton proves it. mad a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clint eastwood wasting 12...
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will ask them really to hugh il-- humiliate themselves to agree to tax rate increases that they have said no to again and again. nonetheless i still probably win that just because the landscape really does favor him. what it will hurt is a long-term effort to really solve our fundamental problems. raising taxes on the rich closes the deficit by a little, but not very much. we need a big solution. and if we go to a war over this, i'm afraid that will make the bigger deal which we need very hard to get down the road. >> woodruff: is that what you see happening? >>. >> well, i share some of david's concerns. and i do think that we just need to prepare ourselves on the way to the fiscal cliff. we're going to be on a fiscal roller coaster. and it's going to look absolutely terrible and dire before it gets solved if it gets solved. but there is-- there are going to be numerous moments where it looks like as if they can't bridge the gap. it is clear that the president despite his words of conciliation that i'm open to compromise, if you have an idea bring it forward i will take a look at it
will ask them really to hugh il-- humiliate themselves to agree to tax rate increases that they have said no to again and again. nonetheless i still probably win that just because the landscape really does favor him. what it will hurt is a long-term effort to really solve our fundamental problems. raising taxes on the rich closes the deficit by a little, but not very much. we need a big solution. and if we go to a war over this, i'm afraid that will make the bigger deal which we need very hard...
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is cut social security, there is a line in there we want to get tax rates down, not only for individuals but for businesses. so obama and the white house were willing to go quite far, in a sense this is the starting point, i guess you will put it up on your website after the budget wonks parse through t. >> that is the point. and congressman, i guess the question bob and i talked about, there's a lot of spending pain in there, democrats have to go back to folks and say, hey this is the pain you have to suffer. are you prepared to do that? >> there's no question. these are tough issues why there has been hammering and wrang ling. i believe a democratic congress, especially in the house and in the senate that are willing to make those tough choices, that know in the long term, they have entitlements and we have to make sure there is revenue raising part of it and four years now the republicans unwilling to do that i think election will get them in gear. >> talk about this election, chuck todd, bleary eyed but still tough here on the sunday after the election. how is it the president won? >
is cut social security, there is a line in there we want to get tax rates down, not only for individuals but for businesses. so obama and the white house were willing to go quite far, in a sense this is the starting point, i guess you will put it up on your website after the budget wonks parse through t. >> that is the point. and congressman, i guess the question bob and i talked about, there's a lot of spending pain in there, democrats have to go back to folks and say, hey this is the...
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, you are not adding in the 3.8%, obama increase in payroll taxes, it is over 40% and it hits small businesses, subchapter-s corporations and, llc as and flow-flew entities and the corporate tax rate goes down and it makes them feel good and the businesses hit by the tax increases are the very small and mid-sized businesses that create jobs. >> lou: folks who weren't there today, andy. the folks were not there today. >> same people that they'll hit with obamacare and internally increases and labor cost increases. >> lou: what if i told you that i think it makes some sense, give him at the margin what he wants on taxes, okay? whether that is on investment tanks capping deductions, basically what mitt romney was proposing, which made a lot of sense, i think f most folks, get this done, and, then, say, all right, now what will you do? you will still be left, if you roll all of that up, you are still going to be left with a huge hole called the deficit and it will have to mean cutting the federal budget. >> so, even if we increase the tax rates, as you noted, by the way, the top 1% in this country
, you are not adding in the 3.8%, obama increase in payroll taxes, it is over 40% and it hits small businesses, subchapter-s corporations and, llc as and flow-flew entities and the corporate tax rate goes down and it makes them feel good and the businesses hit by the tax increases are the very small and mid-sized businesses that create jobs. >> lou: folks who weren't there today, andy. the folks were not there today. >> same people that they'll hit with obamacare and internally...
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when president obama won a second term -- >> the phones were literally off the hook. obviously a lot of people asking for availability. >> hotel occupancy was 98% in 2009's inauguration and the rate was 600 dollars. >> we expect 110%. >> they expect a full house at georgia brown's. >> they have been calling the restaurant since the election has been over. >> businesses around town prepare to cash in, amy lunden is crossing her fingers. >> it's $3,000 i'm hoping. that's what i keep hoping. it's exciting. >> still ahead on today in the bay, how can you resist this face? i'm going to try. we will introduce to you rosie who needs a new home. >>> some high flying dare devils are swooping in for a landing today and one of them, our own bob redell. he helped kickoff the flying effect and sunday contrappings off the bard where they are more likely than not to plunge than fly. the trolley car, the result is as bad as you might expect. at least his helmet stayed on. a live look at covey cove where folks are getting ready for another big day of high flying dare devils. our photo
when president obama won a second term -- >> the phones were literally off the hook. obviously a lot of people asking for availability. >> hotel occupancy was 98% in 2009's inauguration and the rate was 600 dollars. >> we expect 110%. >> they expect a full house at georgia brown's. >> they have been calling the restaurant since the election has been over. >> businesses around town prepare to cash in, amy lunden is crossing her fingers. >> it's $3,000...
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when obama won a second term. >> the next day the phones were literally off the hook. obviously a lot of people asking for availability. >> hotel occupicy was 98% in 2009's inauguration and average daily rate was $600. >> we're expecting 110%. >> manager clint jackson expects a full house at georgia brown's. >> the people have been actually calling the staunt since it the election has already been over. >> reporter: while businesses around town prepare to cash in, amy london's crossing her fingers. if she doesn't get the five grand. >> $3,000 i'm hoping. exciting. >> the presidential inauguration, by the way, is scheduled for monday, january 21st, which is also the public holiday for the birth day of martin luther king. >>> just days after the presidential election, the supreme court announced it will review a key part of the voting rights act. the justices agreed to hear a constitutional challenge to the part of the landmark act that requires 16 states with a history of discrimination in voting to get federal approval before making any changes in the way those states
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president obama has been demanding rate hikes on incomes above 250,000. now he's upped that to 400 grand. why the white house says plan b makes no sense. of course, if they don't agree on something, which most think they will, tax cuts will expire for everybody two weeks from today. it's the top story on the bottom of the hour and ed henry is on it live from the white house. time is running out. that's clear. plan b? >> that's right, shep. so bottom line is john boehner says he's borrowing this idea from democrats. nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, various democrats over the last couple of years have said the threshold should be raising taxes on incomes of a million dollars or more per year. so john boehner is saying let's go back to that. he thinks that would be the fair way to do it. and he believes this is the only way out right now. take a listen. >> our plan b would protect american taxpayers who make a million dollars or less and have all of their current rates extended. >> democrats like pelosi and schumer say what's changed, though, is that there was a
president obama has been demanding rate hikes on incomes above 250,000. now he's upped that to 400 grand. why the white house says plan b makes no sense. of course, if they don't agree on something, which most think they will, tax cuts will expire for everybody two weeks from today. it's the top story on the bottom of the hour and ed henry is on it live from the white house. time is running out. that's clear. plan b? >> that's right, shep. so bottom line is john boehner says he's...
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of americans in favor of at least the obama tax rate increases and some of them in favor of more. louisiana governor bobby jindal one of the lucky ones who dodged the bullet in mitt romney's slks selection of a running mate tells politico to stop being the stupid party. we cannot be we must not be the party that simply protects the rich. it can't be tolerated within our party. we have also had enough of this dumbed-down conservatism we need to stop insulting the intelligence of the voters. joining me now, msnbc's joy reed and ari melbourne. stop being the stupid party. that's a tall order now for the republicans, isn't it? >> yeah. bobby jindal, i guess he has coherent advice. i am not sure if you look at his stance, teaching creationism in public schools, not sure he is going to help them in his own state, and it's interesting that paul ryan sort of made these assertions that we didn't really lose we actually won because the house of representatives, he made a good point. look at florida. all of the republicans in swing districts, people who were the most associated with paul rya
of americans in favor of at least the obama tax rate increases and some of them in favor of more. louisiana governor bobby jindal one of the lucky ones who dodged the bullet in mitt romney's slks selection of a running mate tells politico to stop being the stupid party. we cannot be we must not be the party that simply protects the rich. it can't be tolerated within our party. we have also had enough of this dumbed-down conservatism we need to stop insulting the intelligence of the voters....
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obama wants any deficit reduction plan to include tax increases on the wealthy. republican leaders say they will accept new tax revenue, but not higher tax rates. >>> it is 5:44 right now and this is always a great cause, an annual event. nbc bay area dpeerigearing up f holidays by joining the fight against hunger. it takes place tomorrow at safeway stores all over the bay area. >> we'd love to see you come out. in fact bob redell is already live this morning at a safeway in pleasanton with a lot more on how you can help. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, laura and jon, we can't make it any easier. all you've got to do is come into one of these safeway stores. look what's in front of you. you've got a grocery bag already packed, stapled together. costs ten bucks. you put it in the bin and it will go to people who are less fortunate and need to be fed. we've got the jazz band here as backup for chico and nee, students at the high school. i'm just curious, at this age a lot of people don't start feeling generous until they're older or more mature. what made you
obama wants any deficit reduction plan to include tax increases on the wealthy. republican leaders say they will accept new tax revenue, but not higher tax rates. >>> it is 5:44 right now and this is always a great cause, an annual event. nbc bay area dpeerigearing up f holidays by joining the fight against hunger. it takes place tomorrow at safeway stores all over the bay area. >> we'd love to see you come out. in fact bob redell is already live this morning at a safeway in...
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bring fairness and efficiency to our tax system and this approach makes more sense than raising tax rates, which will harm nearly a million small businesses and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. >> as a reminder, just two years ago, president obama said that raising taxes would be unwise given the weakness of our recovery. that's as true now as it was then. >> jamie: well, joining us now are fox news political analyst, angela mcglowan and former clinton pollster, doug schoen also a fox news contributor. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> jamie: doug, do you predict it will have end results or finger pointing? >> we're certainly getting enough finger pointing already, jamie, but i hope that it ends, as i think every american does, in a deal. but, reading between the lines of the meeting yesterday, they have a two part frame work to try to get a short-term agreement now and a longer term agreement on tax reform and spending and entitlement reform next year, but i don't hear any agreement as the sound bites suggested on quite how to do it and unless we can come to quick agreement ab
bring fairness and efficiency to our tax system and this approach makes more sense than raising tax rates, which will harm nearly a million small businesses and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. >> as a reminder, just two years ago, president obama said that raising taxes would be unwise given the weakness of our recovery. that's as true now as it was then. >> jamie: well, joining us now are fox news political analyst, angela mcglowan and former clinton pollster, doug schoen also...